Autumn Flowering Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella

This spectacular, fast-growing flowering cherry tree is a landscape stand-out with seasonal interest. It is famous for its ability to produce lovely pink buds and white flowers off and on during a warm autumn season and then fully flower in the spring. In addition to the sporadic fall bloom, the foliage turns bronze, yellow, gold or deep-red tinged to contribute to the beauty of the season. And attractive bark adds winter interest.

All of this combined with the fact that the tree is more cold-hardy, heat- and stress-tolerant and long-lived than other ornamental cherry trees makes the autumn flowering Higan cherry a versatile ornamental choice.

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Attributes

This tree:

Produces showy, ¾" semi-double, 10-petal flowers that go through a multitude of color changes from bud to full bloom--deep pink in bud, turning to light pink when open and fading to almost white when fully open.

Blooms sporadically in a warm fall then fully flowers the following spring.

Is more cold-hardy, heat- and stress-tolerant and long-lived than other ornamental cherry trees.

Features simple, lustrous dark green leaves that are ovate to oblong-ovate and 1–4" in length. They often have doubly serrated margins.